[Capt. Fantastic]

Thanx. Just what I sought. Wonderful things can happen when we work together.

Now that the election is over Downrange our guys have a chance to relax a little. No excuse for cluelessness but gaining expertise with the board is a low priority right now. Way below maintaining the IT networks on which our warfighters depend. (Many of these guys in harm's way are US Allies such as the British and Australians.) We are short-handed (Isn't everyone in a warzone?) but universally consider supporting these cats to be the greatest privilege.

I can finally look at a leave in February (been here since August 04), have the plane tickets, working on the hotel. All done via input from the board. Invaluable resource, this, particularly since I am looking at a business venture in the LOS. The original month-long R&R shrunk to one week since I had to fit an IT school (on my dime) into the same timeframe.

I will attempt to be proactive in future posts but... consider cutting me some slack.